1. September 2004Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney Managing Projects Online Mary Lou Maher DECO2005

2. September 2004Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney Elements of Project Information Tasks Resources Time Documents Deliverables Milestones Meetings Presentations

3. September 2004Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney Decompose Project into units of work Components of the design Tasks to complete the design Milestones

4. September 2004Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney Identify tasks, plans, resources For each task, develop the following information: the name of the component, task, or milestone a paragraph description of the component, task, or milestone an estimated start date for the component, task, or milestone an estimated duration of the component, task, or milestone the person responsible for delivering each unit

5. September 2004Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney Gantt Chart

6. September 2004Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney Project Management Resources How to set up a gantt chart: –http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/ne wPPM_03.htm Managing a team’s tasks –http://www.taskcomplete.com/features.phphttp://www.taskcomplete.com/features.php Web Project Management –http://www.projectdesk.net/product.aspx

7. September 2004Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney Online Project Management Benefit is all project data is available from a central location rather than on an individual’s computer Most use a database to store project data and provide forms for uploading and searching for project data Can achieve a similar benefit but distribute the responsibility for project information to individuals

8. September 2004Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney Manually Updated Project Data Static or dynamic web pages managed by individuals Use email or the blog to transfer files to person responsible for making information available on web site Allows information content on web site to be monitored Disadvantage is that individuals have to monitor their email or the blog regularly.

9. September 2004Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney Creating a Web site for Project Management Identify a webmaster Design a home page and navbar: include a logo, project title, group name and members, calendar, date, news, email reminders, etc. Identify web pages for keeping track of: tasks, events, meetings, documents, deliverables, ideas, etc. Create links to individually developed web pages and the group blog

10. September 2004Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney Javascript Resources http://javascriptkit.com/ To write out today's date for example, you would do: var mydate= new Date() var theyear=mydate.getFullYear() var themonth=mydate.getMonth()+1 var thetoday=mydate.getDate() document.write("Today's date is: ") document.write(theyear+"/"+themonth+"/"+thetoday)